William B. Montgomery

World War II
Service #O-693305
Unit844th Bomber Squadron, 489th Bomber Group, Heavy
RankFirst Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Pennsylvania
Date of DeathJune 22 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of 1st Lt. William B. Montgomery were accounted for in 2023. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Tablets of the Missing” at Cambridge American Cemetery.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.